egg carton crafts for kids
Egg Carton Crafts for Kids
Don't throw away those egg cartons. Make something wonderful out of them after reading the ideas on this article.
- Egg cartons
- Wiggly eyes
- Chenille stems
- Paints and paint brushes
- Glue
- Scissors
- Utility knife
- Tape
- Yarn
- Beads
- Felt paper
- Pipe cleaners
- To make a crab, first cut out one cup from the egg carton using the knife or scissors.
- Then, paint the cup in the color of your choice (Who said your crab can't be blue?).
- While the paint is drying, cut the chenille stems into small pieces.
- After the cup has dried, turn it over and stick the pieces of chenille stems along opposite sides of the rims to make the legs of the crab.
- Take two chenille stems and bend them in the shape of pinchers.
- Stick these at the head of the cup.
- Give the pinchers some support while they dry and then stick the wiggly eyes onto the head.
- Your crab is ready.
- To make a jellyfish, again, cut out a cup from the carton.
- Paint it whatever color you wish.
- By the time the paint dries, cut the yarn into pieces and braid them. Make as many braids as you want.
- Stick these braids along the rim of the cup from the inside.
- Let it dry and then paste the wiggly eyes on the head. Your jellyfish is ready.
- First, cut out a cup from the carton and paint it.
- As the paint dries, cut out strips of felt paper in the shape of octopus tentacles and stick the beads on one side.
- After the paint dries, stick these tentacles, beaded sided facing in, on the rim of the cup (from inside).
- Paste the wiggly eye and your octopus is ready!
- First, cut out 2 cups from the carton.
- Paint them whichever color you wish.
- Stick wiggly eyes on one and then stick both the cups together from one side using tape.
- Your oyster is ready!
- Take 4 or 5 cups from the egg carton.
- Poke two holes at the top of one cup with a knife and insert two small pieces of chenille stems for antennae.
- Paint all the cups in different colors.
- Stick the cups end to end using glue or tape.
- Your colorful caterpillar is ready!
- Paint one cup red with black dots.
- While the paint dries, cut a pipe cleaner into 6 small pieces.
- Make 3 holes on each side of the cup and insert the pieces of pipe cleaner.
- Paste wiggly eyes on top and your pretty ladybug is ready!
- Take one cup form the egg carton and paint it gray.
- Take another one and cut it into half, vertically.
- Paste each half on opposite sides of the cup.
- Add wiggly eyes to the full cup and hang the bat upside down at a door or window.
- Paint 4 to 5 cups in bright colors.
- Make holes at the base of the cups and insert the chenille stems through them.
- Turn these upside down and you have a beautiful bouquet of colorful flowers!